# Problem with create\_second\_factor\_totp

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-create-second-factor-totp/142158>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-create-second-factor-totp/142158 "2020-02-20T17:21:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-create-second-factor-totp/142158/12 "2020-02-21T17:16:48Z")

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I haven’t gotten confirmation that it worked for the user that was compaining, but it worked for me.

What I don’t understand, though, is that I understand that

1. this has always been broken for title with `:` in it
2. if site title changes, authenticator gets broken, as it’s tied to the site title
3. `SiteSettings.title` hasn’t changed in a long time
4. `UserSecondFactor.where(method: 1)` returns a bunch of entries from last August

I don’t understand how those can all be true. Is it the case that changing the site title broke all of the existing authenticator `UserSecondFactor`s? EDIT: No, it doesn’t. I just changed the title and the authenticator 2fa that I made yesterday still works.

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